TCAD Seminar 2024

Join our TCAD Seminar to learn about the application of Synopsys TCAD solutions to accelerate the research, development, and optimization of semiconductor technologies. The seminar tracks cover all major semiconductor technologies including:

  • Invited Talks from Industry TCAD Experts
  • Industry Trends and TCAD Updates
  • Technical Sessions on:
    • DTCO
    • Cost Explorer
    • Calibration
    • TCAD for Manufacturing
    • Atomistic Materials
  • Q&A

 

Who Should Attend?

TCAD engineers, technology development engineers, DTCO technologists, device and process engineers and managers who work in technology development and want to learn the latest techniques for using Synopsys TCAD products. 

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What You Will Learn

The purpose of this seminar is to communicate the latest enhancements in the Synopsys’ TCAD products and their application to the development of state-of-the-art semiconductor technologies. Our aim is to equip attendees with practical techniques to explore new device concepts and to optimize processes to improve device performance and manufacturability. Key topics include solution oriented TCAD simulation flows, materials modeling, calibration methodologies, TCAD for manufacturing, and DTCO of logic, memory, RF, and power electronics.

 

Agenda

Agenda is subject to modification


Time  Duration (min)  Session N. 
Presenter 
13:00~13:20  20  #1  Synopsys/Greating (Kawarai-san or Aveek-san) 
13:20~13:50  30 
#2  Synopsys/Market Trend and Development Plan (Pankaj-san or Shela-san) 
13:50~14:00  10  Break   
14:00~14:30  30  #3  Invited Talk / Prof. Yamamoto (Nagoya University) 
14:30~15:00  30  #4  Customer / Mr. Eikyu (Renesas Electronics) 
15:00~15:30  30  #5  Customer / Mr. Fukuda (Toshiba) 
15:30~15:50  20  Coffee Break   
15:50~16:20  30  #6  Invited Talk / Prof. Hatakeyama (Toyama Prefectural University) 
16:20~16:50  30  #7  Customer / Mr. Ebihara (Mitsubishi) 
16:50~17:30  40  #8  Synopsys/Technical Session: New Release highlight/Power DTCO (Ric-san) 
17:30~17:40   10  Move to Banquet   
17:40~19:00 
 80  Banquet   

Time 
Duration 
Topics
Details 

 

 

9:00~9:30 

 

 

15 mins  Welcome 
  • Corporate update 

15 mins  TCAD Overview 
  • Overview of Industry and TCAD trends 

  • TCAD Updates 

9:30~10:30 60 mins Materials Modeling and Simulation
  • Materials, Device, Process 
  • New Examples Highlights on: 
    • Logic: GAA nanosheet band alignment using advanced ab-initio methods  
    • FE-NAND: Aluminium dopants in HfO2 affect polarization model parameters. 
    • 3D-NAND: Defects and trap levels in amorphous an polycrystalline silicon 
    • Device: Thermal conductivities in thin-film stacks using machine-learned force fields 
    • Process: Atomistic modelling of chlorine plasma assisted ALE of MoS2 
    • Process: Atomistic modelling of MoS2 etch via physical sputtering with Ne/Ar/Xe ions 
10:30~11:00  30 mins  Invited Talk 
  • TBD 

 

 

11:00~12:00 

 

 

 

 

60 mins 

 

 

 

 

Calibration  

 

 

  • Calibration workflow for CMOS and advanced logic 

  • TEM/SEM metrology analysis in SCW (A-Image) 

  • HAR surrogate model. Workflow to generate HAR etch ML model in Sentaurus Calibration Workbench (SCW). ML Api for custom model integration in SCW 

  • IGBT ML process optimization example (updated version with GUI) 

12:00~13:00  60 mins  Lunch  
13:00~13:30  30 mins  Invited Talk
  • TBD 

13:30~14:30  60 mins  TCAD for Manufacturing 
  • Emulation for process integration and margin analysis for systematic, stochastic, and multivariate process variations 

  • Physics-based unit process modeling for high-aspect-ratio etch and deposition module optimization 

  • ML/AI models for process engineers 

14:30~15:30  60 mins  Design Technology Co-optimization (DTCO) Flow 
  • Technology trends in advanced logic, memory, and power semiconductor 

  • Logic: Exploration for logic technology options, such as CFET, BSPDN, and 3DIC, in terms of PPA, thermal, and stress 

  • Memory: Pathfinding for DRAM scaling options, such as 4F2 and 3D stacking, in terms of process architecture and device properties, such as floating body effect, retention, and row hammer 

  • Power: Recent advances in power DTCO for Si, SiC, and GaN simulations from TCAD to circuit. 

15:30~17:30  120mins  Q&A + Social Event  

Time 
Duration 
Topics
Details 

 

 

9:00~9:30 

 

 

15 mins  Welcome 
  • Corporate update 

15 mins  TCAD Overview 
  • Overview of Industry and TCAD trends 

  • TCAD Updates 

9:30~10:00 30 mins Invited Talk
  • Simulation study of 3D memory characteristics encompassing TCAD and Ab Initio calculation 
10:00~11:00  60 mins  Materials Modeling and Simulation
  • Materials, Device, Process 
  • New Examples Highlights on: 
    • Logic: GAA nanosheet band alignment using advanced ab-initio methods  
    • FE-NAND: Aluminium dopants in HfO2 affect polarization model parameters. 
    • 3D-NAND: Defects and trap levels in amorphous an polycrystalline silicon 
    • Device: Thermal conductivities in thin-film stacks using machine-learned force fields 
    • Process: Atomistic modelling of chlorine plasma assisted ALE of MoS2 
    • Process: Atomistic modelling of MoS2 etch via physical sputtering with Ne/Ar/Xe ions 

 

 

11:00~12:00 

 

 

 

 

60 mins 

 

 

 

 

Calibration  

 

 

  • Calibration workflow for CMOS and advanced logic 

  • TEM/SEM metrology analysis in SCW (A-Image) 

  • HAR surrogate model. Workflow to generate HAR etch ML model in Sentaurus Calibration Workbench (SCW). ML Api for custom model integration in SCW 

  • IGBT ML process optimization example (updated version with GUI) 

12:00~13:30  90 mins  Lunch  
13:30~14:30  60 mins  TCAD for Manufacturing
  • Emulation for process integration and margin analysis for systematic, stochastic, and multivariate process variations 

  • Physics-based unit process modeling for high-aspect-ratio etch and deposition module optimization 

  • ML/AI models for process engineers

14:30~15:30  60 mins  Design Technology Co-optimization (DTCO) Flow 
  • Technology trends in advanced logic, memory, and power semiconductor 

  • Logic: Exploration for logic technology options, such as CFET, BSPDN, and 3DIC, in terms of PPA, thermal, and stress 

  • Memory: Pathfinding for DRAM scaling options, such as 4F2 and 3D stacking, in terms of process architecture and device properties, such as floating body effect, retention, and row hammer 

  • Power: Recent advances in power DTCO for Si, SiC, and GaN simulations from TCAD to circuit. 

15:30~16:30  60mins  Q&A + Social Event